Schenectady County Landmarks – Home of Robert Allen Deitcher

Famous composer lived here at 528 Charles Street in Scotia from 1939-45 and graduated from Scotia high school in 1945.Allen wrote songs and arrangements for many of pop cultures greatest singers including Perry Como, Arthur Godfrey, Tony Bennett, Billie Holiday, Mitch Miller, Carol Burnett and Doris Day.His songs have sold more than 500 million copies including such hits as “Chances Are,” “Its Not for me to Say,” and “Home for the Holidays.”He was born in Troy, N.Y. on February 28, 1928 and died on October 1, 2000 in Quogue, New York, of colon cancer.

Robert Allen's childhood home in Scotia. Photo by Don Rittner

Don Rittner

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